The suspects appeared in the Schweizer-Reneke Magistrates Court in the North West on Thursday.

Yunus Kathrada and his son, Moulana Ahmed Kathrada, were killed by armed suspects during an apparent house robbery last Thursday, 1 November.

Yunus died on the scene while his son died in hospital.

“The nine suspects, aged between 16 and 60, did appear at the Schweizer-Reneke Magistrates Court on 8 November. All of them will remain in custody until their next court appearance on 14 November. The 16-year-old was detained in a juvenile facility,” provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Adele Myburgh said.